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Baptism of Fire
Written By Jason Storm
Chapter 1: Spies, and Bad Guys
CIA HQ, Langley, Virginia, 02.04.08,
1000hours eastern time
Thomas "Billy Bob" Rayne, CIA
Director sits in his limousine that is
going to CIA Headquarters in
Langley, Virginia. He is a southern
overweight gentleman who is 6'2"
and 230lbs and he is wearing his
black three piece suite like a
businessman. Thomas has been in the
president's briefing, two hours ago,
about ambush in Columbia. General
Harold, DIA chief, proposed that a
special ops unit from Joint Task Force
is to be used to take down Hector and
his people. NSA director, Admiral
Williams, will listen to Hectors
conversations for additional
intelligence.
CIA Director Rayne got his nickname
from his uncle named Billy Bob in
Alabama where he grew up. He is an
agent of old OSS that is lead by "Wild
Bill", the first ever director of Central
Intelligence Agency, at the end of
WWII and continues to be agent for
new CIA to fight the Cold War. In
1960s, he got stationed in West Berlin
to spy on the Russians. His carrier
stretches through the end of WWII to
now. He became the director of CIA
because of hard work as a CIA agent.
Director's limousine passes the main
gate with heavily armed security
personnel manning the posts. His
limousine stops at the entrance of HQ
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Thomas goes through the security
checks and steps on emblem on the
floor of the CIA building. He watches
with great sadness the stars of the
fallen CIA agents. He goes to his
office and sits on his chair. Phone
rings on his desk and Thomas picks
up the phone.
NSA chief Williams says, "hey Billy
Bob, how is agency doing on your
part of this operation?"
"Good, Admiral Williams", Thomas
answers, "I will send my two best
agents to get intelligence on Hector's
drug smuggling ring and Communists
terror group in Columbia."
"Okay, Billy Bob", answers Admiral.
They finished their conversation on
the phone. Thomas chuckled at the
thought that inter agency rivalry
would show ugly head in this
operation. He takes out his cigar and
begins to smoke it. His intercom
beeps and his secretary announces the
arrival of his best agents in his office.
His agents come in his office and
there is one woman and one man.
First agent is a woman and her name
is Sunni Lee, the Korean born
American citizen. Sunni is 5'8" and
103lbs Korean-American agent with
long black hair and very oval face.
She is wearing a blouse and a black
knee length skirt. Her beauty could
put any man to his knees and any
woman would compete with her. She
has karate and judo black belts and
knows six foreign languages. Second
agent is an Irish-American male and
his name is George O'Keefe. He has
black hair and blue eyes. He is a 6'2"
and 218lbs and wearing a gray suite
and tie. He is a smart and very
confident man, and stubborn due to
his Irish blood. Both agents finished
their training in Langley's training
center and are ready for field
assignment. Director Thomas thought
that two agents were ready for the
tough assignment in Columbia.
Thomas says, "you did a great job on
training and now you are finally ready
for field work."
"Yes sir", both agents respond at the
same time.
"Your assignment is to gather
intelligence on a man named Hector
Dias, known as El Diablo, in
Columbia. You will have embassy
contacts to work with and NSA agents
will help you on this matter. Do not
trust anybody in Columbian
government because they are
probably corrupt or clueless,
understood. You are flying to Bogotá
today and you will meet our CIA
contact there and he will give you a
full briefing on this assignment.
Everything clear, you two", says
Thomas.
"Yes sir", both CIA agents respond.
"Dismissed", says director.
Sunni and George leave for their first
field assignment and director Billy
Bob thinks about very simple times
before 9-11 massacre and four
different wars after it to beat Al-
Quada terrorist group and kill their
leader, Osama Bin Laden.
El Diablo's Hacienda, Medellín,
Columbia, 02.04.08, 1240hours
Columbian time
Large house on mountain of
Columbia, overlooking the city of
Medellin, belongs to most ruthless
man in Columbia, since Escobar, a
ruthless drug kingpin killed by
Columbian military with insistence of
America. This hacienda is guarded by
private defense force paid by El
Diablo and armed with AKSUs as
their assault rifles and Makarovs as
their side arms. Rest of the Hacienda
is equipped with best weapons and
radar equipment that money can buy.
El Diablo's own security officer who
is in charge of security of his hacienda
is Santiago Morales, ex-Castro Secret
Service agent. His hacienda is huge
with its big garden, 17' pool in middle
of the house, and a scaling wall, 13'
tall, that surrounds the whole house.
At each side of the scaling wall a gun
tower is put with gunners manning
RPDs machine guns and RPGs for
protection of attack from air or land
and thus making hacienda an
impervious fortress.
At the pool side, sits most ruthless
man of Columbia and man who
assassinated American ambassador
Hector Dias, El Diablo. Hector is an
opposing figure with athletic body
and he is a 6'3" and 250lbs with black
hair, blue eyes, and a mustache.
Hector was a communist enforcer in
Havana and began to be ruthless thug
and killer from his childhood. He
immigrated from Cuba to Columbia
because Castro was a victim of
assassination in 2007 by Anti-Castro
assassin who shot him in rally and
then the shooter was killed by a firing
squad. As a result the old communist
views were began to be thing of the
past and the country changed. Hector
became a drug kingpin in Columbia
and formed the Communist army of
Columbia and his group now bomb
targets in Colombia. He became the
leader of the terror group and his anti
American views are extreme because
of US marines in Cuba now doing
police action in that country. He
makes plans to overthrow Columbian
President form power in his country,
in another words it will be coup-de-
etat.
He sits in his swim trunks at the pool
side in his fortress and watches a very
beautiful green rain forest that
surrounds his hacienda. Two men
with a man from clergy come from
the entrance of the house. These two
men armed with Uzi submachine guns
across their shoulders. The clergy
man is an overweight priest with
traditional black outfit with a white
collar worn by priests everywhere.
Man's name is Adam Lipton, an
American citizen serving in the
Medellìn's monastery. Hector's men
bring the American priest to pool side
where El Diablo is sitting. Priest
Adam watches with freight El Diablo
get up from his luxury chair at the
poolside in the mansion. He knows of
his ruthless reputation and his fields
of drugs around the city.
Hector says, "How are you doing
Priest Adam?"
"Good", Adam asks, "but I am here to
ask you to____? "
Hector shushes the overweight priest.
"I know why you are here", answers
Dias, "because I have contacts
everywhere who could tell me
everything about your concerns of
me."
El Diablo walks to the baseball bat
collection near the pool that he
brought from local bat maker in
Havana. He takes one bat from the
collection and takes two practice
swing with his bat.
"I am a big fan of baseball. I played
baseball as a little kid in Havana as
first baseman", Hector says, "First
time I killed a man, I used a baseball
bat to kill him. I enjoyed killing him.
You like baseball, Priest Lipton?"
Priest Adam's face turns white from
fear after Hectors statement. He
realizes what means to see first hand a
true evil man in the form of Hector
Dias, El Diablo. He sees that Hector is
a very ruthless man without
compassion or mercy for another
person. His nickname is very fitting
because he is El Diablo, the devil.
"How could you enjoy the evil thing
like the murder of an innocent man,
Hector?", asks Priest Adam, "Y-You
are evil man, Hector Dias."
"Ha-ha, I am an evil man because I
enjoy what is natural to human beings
and that is murder", laughingly says
Hector, "I will also enjoy killing you,
priest and reason for me killing you is
that you are naive man and you don't
see future vision of Columbia. This
country needs a tough leader and I
will give them that and that leader is
me. Very simple concept and old as
time itself. Strong survive and weak
simply die. Priest, you are a weakling
and for that I will kill you. You
understand my evil now, priest?"
Shocked face of priest turns white
from fear and terror of El Diablo's
answer to him. Hector chuckles and
savagely swings his bat at Priest
Adam. His swing is perfect like a pro
baseball player and his follow through
is perfect. Bat's wood meets bone,
skin, and tissue of Priest's face with
violent force and, thus head violently
turns 180°. Neck snaps violently with
a sound of a wood breaking and the
priest falls down on the ground with a
thud. He watches with amusement of
his hit and swings one more time at
the priest's head. Bat connects again
with the head and priest becomes
unconscious. Hector swings third,
fourth, and fifth time at the motionless
man. After the fifth swing a priest is
dead and it's overkill. His head
deformed and brain tissue and gory
matter leaks out of his busted skull.
Dead priest's black uniform is now a
color red.
"That is good hit", Hector laughingly
says, "Take this garbage away, now."
"Yes Sir ", two men answer.
Two Hector's men drag the corpse
away. Hector watches gory blood of
the priest's brain on his baseball bat.
His cell phone rings.
" Hello, this is Hector", he answers
the phone.
"This is general. My troops are ready
and waiting for the death of
Columbian president", general says.
"Excellent work general on your part
because both of us will get what we
want", responds Hector, "General
Ortega, you will get to battle the
rebels your way and I will rule
Columbia and make this country a
Drug empire."
"What about Americans?" questions
General Ortega, "They will try to stop
us, Hector."
"They will try to stop us, but I have
plan to stop them cold, trust me on
this one general", Hector confidently
says.
"I do trust you but I am worried that
we underestimate our enemies, El
Diablo", says general.
Look of frustration is seen on Hectors
face because of general's worries
about their coup-de-etat of Columbian
president.
"We will not underestimate our
enemy, rather they will underestimate
us, understand me", says El Diablo.
"I understand you perfectly", answers general.
Hector turns off the cell phone and
sits down on a chair and begins to
imagine his perfect Columbia.
Unbeknownst to Hector and general
Ortega, US Satellite in space listens to
their conversation and transmits the
information to the NSA building in
Virginia. NSA technicians put the
conversation to Admiral and he gives
it to CIA and DIA. Big Brother sees
all and information is king.